Culture

In just a few years, AI has taken center stage in film restoration. Cheaper, faster, Ia accumulates advantages, and it also opens up this aging heritage to renewed…

Glenn Micallef, Commissioner-designate for Culture, Education and Sport, will be heard by the European Parliament on Monday November 4. Among his priorities is the establishment, with future Vice-President…

The three giants of the music industry, Universal Music Group (UMG), Sony Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group, are very active on the AI front. The majors are…

CISAC welcomes the growth in royalties from the digital exploitation of works and the improved health of live performance, but believes that swift action is needed to protect…

Writers, actors, singers, music and film authors have united to say « niet » to training generative AIs with unlicensed copyrighted works. The declaration is as short as…

The documentary authors are appealing to parliamentarians for help, asking them to vote, as quickly as possible, for a renewal of public broadcasting funding through VAT, to avoid…

At the dawn of a new European mandate, songwriters are calling on the institutions to deliver on their commitments to music creators. The European Composer and Songwriter Alliance…

The European Commission has just begun the process of applying the AI Act to generative AI, involving nearly a thousand stakeholders. Many of them are complaining, whether about…

French collective management society Adami yesterday published a survey of several hundred of its members, on their opinion about the emergence of artificial intelligence. Like all collective management…

Arcom highlights in its report on artificial intelligence how it will profoundly transform creation and information, notably with the rise of generative AI, while raising ethical and legal…

It’s done! After years of negotiations, ADAGP and Meta announced today that they have reached an agreement on the remuneration of visual artists whose works are distributed on…

Following TikTok’s decision to boycott Merlin, the independents’ representative, as part of new licensing negotiations, Impala calls on the platform to reason, and UPFI urges public authorities to…

The Prime Minister barely scratched the surface of culture in his speech to MPs, even though many issues are at stake for public broadcasting, cinema, copyright, etc.. Michel…

The Motion Picture Association confirms its technological turn. After Netflix, Amazon Prime and Amazon-owned MGM Studios are joining the very powerful Hollywood representative, whose influence is inescapable in…

The head of UMG has elaborated on his vision of the music industry for the coming years, centered on streaming, fans and technology. At Universal Music Group’s (UMG)…

In a technical and legal study published a few days ago, two researchers conclude that the use of copyright protected works to train generative AI models must be…

The creative sector is coordinating its efforts and demands as part of the discussions surrounding the implementing acts for the new European AI Act, with a view to…

The first meeting of the European Parliament’s CULT Committee was an opportunity to sweep up a series of subjects relevant to the creative industries at the start of…

The European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education will hold the very first meeting of its new mandate next week. On its agenda are conversations with the heads…

In this first half of 2024, the US music market is recording slight growth. The subscription streaming market accounts for 84% of revenues. The US market is losing…

In France, the creative sector has always been reluctant to talk, and a fortiori to ask anything, of the elected representatives of the Rassemblement national. But the considerable…

The European Commission’s handling of the cultural sector is currently split between DG Connect and DG Education, Youth and Culture (DG EAC). The question of a complete transfer…

As part of its application of the European « Media » audiovisual aid program, the European Commission has reportedly, without consulting stakeholders, public institutions or member states, taken…

Fearful for their sector in the face of the rise of Marine Le Pen’s party, French cultural players are taking up their pens to address either French voters…

The European Writers’ Council deplores the limited impact of the fair remuneration obligation introduced by the 2019 Copyright Directive on writers’ earnings. « One of the multiple jobs…

The Centre national de la musique organized a European event yesterday, attended by several MEPs, representatives from the French Ministry of Culture and a number of staff from…

Adami and SCPP formalize a merger that should significantly alter the copyright landscape in France, with the prospect of a single neighboring rights society. Thunderclap in the world…

While the issues of data on creative works and copyright collection remain at the heart of CISAC’s activity, the international organization of authors’ societies has also taken the…

Even though the subjects of copyright, platform liability and AI regulation are being addressed more at European than national level, culture is the big absentee in this European…

With each passing day, this European election campaign brings its share of bad news for the cultural sector, many of whose historic allies will not be in the…